THE JOHN LEA COLLECTION OF CRASH & WRECK MAIL continued...
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Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 381 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - SS OREGON TYPE 4A LABEL; 1886 env. (opened to display, stamp floated off) to Brooklyn and on the reverse across
the flap a Type 4a PO New York July 6th 1886 label with Brooklyn Rec'd 9 July 1886 ds plus fine unused "The Shipwrecked Fishermen & Mariners Royal Benevolent Society" Members Ticket for 1885. (2 items) Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, MARITIME MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 382 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - THE WRECK OF THE SS WAIRARAPA: 1894 env. (stamp floated off) Falkirk(?), Scotland to The Manse, Waiuku with
slightly curved two line violet "Saved from the wreck of the/'WAIRARAPA'" cachet with Auckland (3 Nov.) and Waiuku (5 Nov.) cds on the reverse. (Ex Hoggarth) Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, NEW ZEALAND (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £120.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 383 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - SS ST PAUL - DAMAGED BY IMMERSION IN SEA WATER: 1897 (1 Jun.) env. Lena WI to Cardiff franked tied 5c brown
(Grant) with alongside a fine violet boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION IN SEA WATER" hs. The env. was carried by the SS St Paul of the International Navigation Co. but how the mails became water damaged is unknown. Hoggarth recorded 10 items, this is an
additional item. Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 384 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - SUDAN - WET THROUGH COLLISION ON THE NILE: 1898 (24 Apr.) Egyptian PS env. (open to display) uprated with 5m. red
both overprinted SOUDAN from Berber to Limerick, Ireland via Alexandria (8 May) with scarce "Wet through collision on the Nile" hs. (Ex William Frazer Spink 05/04). Cross Reference: EGYPT, MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, SUDAN (Image)
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Starting at £ 340
SOLD for £600.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 385 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - WRECK OF THE SS LABRADOR OFF SKERRYVORE LIGHTHOUSE SCOTLAND; 17 Feb. 1899 env. Toronto (stamp floated off but
imprint left, cancelled with Flag type) to London with a very fine purple boxed Glasgow "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER" on the front and a large "V[Crown]R/OFFICIALLY SEALED IN THE /GENERAL POST OFFICE, GLASGOW" label on the reverse tied by 10
Mar. Glasgow cds. Fine and attractive item. Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 386 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - WRECK OF THE SS LABRADOR CANADA TO PARIS, FRANCE; Similar 1899 env. (faults, stamps floated off but imprint left)
??ucnia to Paris, France with a very fine purple boxed Glasgow "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER" on the front and a large "V[Crown]R/OFFICIALLY SEALED IN THE / POST OFFICE, GLASGOW" label on the reverse tied by 11 Mar. Glasgow & 13 Mar. Paris cds.
Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, CANADA, FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £200.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 387 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - COLLISION OF THE PS CHICAGO ON THE HUDSON RIVER; 1899 (31 Oct.) 2c. printed PS env. Philadelphia to New York with
"POST OFFICE, NEW YORK, N.Y./This piece of mail was damaged/through the sinking of the Penn. R.R./ferryboat Chicago which occurred at/about 12.45 a.m., on October 31st, 1899." printed label to the front. Few covers recorded. Cross Reference:
MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 388 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - SOUTH AFRICA "RECOVERED FROM/WRECK OF MEXICAN": 1900 long blue linen backed Dreyfus & Co printed env. East London
to London, (GB) franked tied COGH 6d. lilac + 1d red with fine red "RECOVERED FROM / WRECK OF MEXICAN" hs. The "Mexican" was sunk by the British Troopship "Winkfield". Cross Reference: CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, MARITIME MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 389 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - FRENCH TRIO "NAUFRAGE DE LA RUSSIE": 1901 trio inc. env (5 Jan) Oran to Lyon with fine red underlined "NAUFRAGE DE
LA RUSSIE" hs and similar small env. with a v. fine (different hs?) "NAUFRAGE DE LA RUSSIE" without any underlining plus Postes et Telegraphes printed env., probably used as an "Ambulance", to Calvados with fine magenta "NAUFRAGE DE LA RUSSIE" hs.
Fine group. (3 items) (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 390 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - SALVED MAILS FROM THE STRANDED SS CAIRO: Trio of 1905 salved envs. inc.GB to Egypt (distressed one of 3 stamps
remain) with v. fine purple "SAUVE DU NAUFRAGE DU "CAIRO"/SAVED FROM THE WRECK OF S.S. "CAIRO"" hs; 26 Feb. Bournemouth to Beyrout, Palestine with similar fine hs and v. fine bilingual Egyptian PO seal on reverse plus env. (stamp floated off)
Montrouge(?) France to Egypt with v. fine hs and a brown PO seal on reverse with Alexandria and Hilwan cds alongside. Fine trio. Cross Reference: FRANCE, EGYPT, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, MARITIME MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 120
SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 391 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - FRANCE - SINKING OF THE SS LIBAN: Trio of 1903 envs. from the SS Liban which was run into by Company sister ship
the SS Insulaire. 5 Jun. Gaillac to Ajaccio with two strikes of the distinct blue "NAUFRAGE du LIBAN" hs; 6 June Paris to Bastia (stamp floated off) with v. fine blue "NAUFRAGE du LIBAN" hs and further example to Bastia. (3 items) Cross
Reference: FRANCE, MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 392 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - FRENCH & ITALIAN SALVED MAILS FROM SS CAIRO; 1905 Pair inc. 25 Feb. env. S Pietro Apostolo, Italy to Cairo
(distressed) with v. fine purple "SAUVE DU NAUFRAGE DU "CAIRO"/SAVED FROM THE WRECK OF S.S. "CAIRO"" hs plus 25 Feb. PPC Montmedy, France also with v. fine hand stamp and Alexandria cds alongside. (2 items) Cross Reference: EGYPT, FRANCE,
ITALY, MARITIME MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 393 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - HOOK OF HOLLAND - WRECK OF THE SS BERLIN: Pair of PC and a large Parcel address label from the 1907 wreck of the
SS Berlin inc. PPC of Boma Tanga cancelled Mombasa, Kenya (one stamp floated off) to Haarlem with fine "BESCHADIGD DOOR RAMP / HARWICH BOOT" hs; 20 Feb. UPU 1d GB PC Leeds to Amsterdam with same hand stamp but with inverted "B" in "BESCHADIGD" plus
Parcel address label from Kiaer & Josephy, Leeds to Amsterdam with good blue "BESCHADIGD DOOR RAMP / HARWICH BOOT" hs and large blue "WAGONS(?) RAMP / HARWICH-BOOT" hs. Fine trio. Cross Reference: EAST AFRICA, NETHERLANDS, MARITIME MAIL,
CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image)
(Image2)
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Starting at £ 160
SOLD for £320.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 394 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - WRECK OF THE SS JEBBA - THREE DIFFERENT HANDSTAMPS: 1907 trio of mails salved from the SS Jebba which ran aground
off S. Devon inc. 2 Mar. PPC Sierra Leone to Weedon, Northants with fine purple "SALVED FROM. SS JEBBA" hs (Type 2b); 19 Feb. env. N. Nigeria to Clifton, Bristol with fine purple "SALVED FROM S S JEBBA" hs (Type 1a) and Quiney's Hotel Grand Canary
printed illus. env. to London with scarce purple "PLYMOUTH / SALVED FROM / S S JEBBA" hs. Fine trio. Cross Reference: NORTHERN NIGERIA, SIERRA LEONE, MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 160
SOLD for £300.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 395 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - COLLISION & SINKING OF THE SS FINANCE: 1908 env. Hamburg to Iquique, Chile franked 40pf. recovered off New York
from the SS Finance with a printed label "Post Office, New York, N.Y/INQUIRY DEPARTMENT/The piece of mail herewith was recov-/ered from the wreck of Steamer Finance, which/was sunk through collision with Steamer/Georgic, Thursday, Nov. 26, 1908."
attached. Iquique arrival (13.7.09) d.s. on reverse. Scarce.(Ex Hoggarth) Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CHILE, GERMANY, CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £190.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 396 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - FRANCE - THE COLLISION & GROUNDING OF SS VILLE D'ALGER: 1909 group inc. env. probably posted onboard ship with
Marseille/Ligne d'Alger cds to Paris with, on reverse top flap, fine lilac "NAUFRAGE DE / LA VILLE D' ALGER" hs; pair of PPC to St Etienne or Rueil with fine small "NAUFRAGE DE / LA VILLE D' ALGER" hs plus 1918 used PPC of the ship. (4 items)
Cross Reference: FRANCE, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, MARITIME MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 397 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - USA-GERMANY - SS LORRAINE MAILS DAMAGED IN TRAIN FIRE FRANCE: July 1910 New York to Munich small env. (edge faults
from fire, stamps missing) originally carried to Le Havre by the SS Lorraine where the mails were transferred to a train. A fire broke out in the mail wagon which damaged the mails and a blue "Gerettet aus verbrannter / Amerikapost vom Dampfer / La
LORRAINE via / HAVRE am 28.7.1910." hs was applied. Technically incorrect as the damage occurred on the train! Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, MARITIME MAIL, GERMANY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £170.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 398 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - COLLISION AND SINKING OF THE SS EMPRESS OF IRELAND, ST LAWRENCE RIVER; 1914 pair of env. with contents (both with
stamps floated off) to New Barnet with either a v. fine purple "Recovered by divers from wreck of S.S. Empress of Ireland" or with matching hs in emerald green; both have matching deep purple Mar. 1915 Ottawa Dead Letter Office d.s. A "forgotten"
disaster with the loss of 1014 lives. PPC of the vessel inc. (3 items). Cross Reference: CANADA, MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL
(Image)
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Starting at £ 120
SOLD for £300.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 399 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - SIMILAR - COLLISION & SINKING OF THE SS EMPRESS OF IRELAND; 1914 pair of env. (both with stamps floated off) ex
Chatham or Montreal to Surrey with v. fine purple "Recovered by divers from wreck of S.S. Empress of Ireland" hs or matching hs in emerald green. With either a purple (29.9.14) or green (8.10.14) Ottawa Dead Letter Office d.s. on the reverse. (2
items). Cross Reference: CANADA, MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 110
SOLD for £120.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 400 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - GERMAN POW MAIL FROM THE TORPEDOING OF THE SS HESPERIAN BY GERMAN U-BOAT; 1915 (6 Sep.) env. Geestemunde to
Amhurst Canada addressed to a German POW with "POST FREE" h.s. with part overstruck "RECOVERED FROM SS HESPERIA(N)" hs. The Hesperian was torpedoed by U20 and the attempt to tow her to a harbour failed and she sank; how the mails were recovered is
unknown. Very few recorded and scarce thus. (Ex Hoggarth) Cross Reference: MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, CANADA, MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL
(Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £150.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
